11.22 2008

THE ANALOG STUPA

‘The Analog Stupa’
Featuring works from Bonnie Brenda Scott and Michael Gerkovich
Opening Reception December 6, 2008 – 8pm till Midnight
Showing through January 2, 2009 by appointment

Padlock Gallery
1409 Ellsworth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143

Artists statement:“As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I take a look at my
skateboard and I draw a deep breath. As the Analog Stupa is hovering
there like a pie in the sky or a Checkers brand cheezy fry. You think
you’re safe in the house on the couch eating garbage with your dog and
your dawg and his dog and all. But let us tell you that we came here
from the future just to show a bunch of pictures of rainbows and
pyramids. We’re so impressed that your world is so colorful. It makes
us sad about the Robot Wars of the approaching days. We’re also here to
tell you about a place you can go to avoid the fires and famine and
general discontent of the future shock. Can you dig it?”

Scott and Gerkovich, “We’re married, but we’re Anarchists, so it’s whatever”,
present a collection of works exploring a “spiritual preparation for
the post-modern dust bowl”. Scott’s paintings and ink drawings are
meditatively obsessive and fit perfectly around Gerkovich’s watercolors
and paintings of culturally upset scenarios and personas.